Conservation organizations hailed the protections for dozens of species of requiem sharks and rays, hammerheads and guitarfishes as “historic” and critical to protecting endangered and threatened species from the shark-finning trade.
He co-authored a study published earlier this year that showed nearly two-thirds of the species of shark fins found in markets in China and Hong Kong came from species that are considered threatened or endangered with extinction.
Part of the frogs’ popularity in the pet trade might be blamed on descriptions that compare them to the beloved green Muppet “Kermit the frog,” the research stated. Glass frogs that are illegally traded are regularly found hidden in animal shipments exported from Central America to Europe.
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